Section.h

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#ifndef DIME_SECTION_H
#define DIME_SECTION_H

#include <dime/Basic.h>
#include <dime/Base.h>

class dimeInput;
class dimeModel;
class dimeOutput;

class DIME_DLL_API dimeSection : public dimeBase
{
public:
  dimeSection(dimeMemHandler * const memhandler);
  virtual ~dimeSection();

  virtual const char *getSectionName() const = 0;
  virtual dimeSection *copy(dimeModel * const model) const = 0;

  virtual bool read(dimeInput * const file) = 0;
  virtual bool write(dimeOutput * const file) = 0;
  virtual int typeId() const = 0;
  virtual bool isOfType(const int thetypeid) const;
  virtual int countRecords() const = 0;
  
public:
  static dimeSection *createSection(const char * const sectionname,
                   dimeMemHandler *memhandler);

protected:
  dimeMemHandler *memHandler;

}; // class dimeSection

#endif // ! DIME_SECTION_H